Fr. William Poland S.j.

Fundamental Ethics Fr. William Poland S.j.

This book is for use in classes on Moral Philosophy. Although a seminary text book, any student of philosophy should study Poland's works on the subject in order to understand the difference between true and false philosophy. Ethics considers the philosophical basis of the eternal distinction between good and evil. St. Alphonsus writes: ?a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery.? Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: ?There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals!' (Matthew 18:7). Woe to those who consciously and deliberately spread corruption-in novels, newspapers, magazines, theaters, films, in a world of immodesty!? We at St. Pius X Press are calling for a crusade of good books. We want to restore 1,000 old Catholic books to the market. We ask for your assistance and prayers. This book is a photographic reprint of the original The original has been inspected and many imperfections in the existing copy have been corrected. At Saint Pius X Press our goal is to remain faithful to the original in both photographic reproductions and in textual reproductions that are reprinted. Photographic reproductions are given a page by page inspection, whereas textual reproductions are proofread to correct any errors in reproduction.